No one from Eecke is on the famous people list yet
The nearest list is in Hazebrouck, 4 mi away: 34 names, starting with Albert Vanhoye. Famous people are on record for 279 of the towns in Nord. Lille’s 717 names make the longest list in Nord. After Lille, the next longest list in Nord is Roubaix’s, with 241.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is Eecke (by its INSEE code) and whose French Wikipedia article agrees, and their English article too when they have one. Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Eecke yet.
Famous people born near Eecke
Hazebrouck has the longest list next door: 34.
Hazebrouck · 4 miAlbert Vanhoye & 33 more
Bailleul · 7 miBruno Dumont & 13 moreODMerville · 9 miOdette Duriez & 4 more
Estaires · 10 miHenri Delassus & 4 moreVDLa Gorgue · 11 miVictor Denis & 2 more
Steenvoorde · 3 miGustave Pattein & 1 moreJLVieux-Berquin · 6 miJules-Auguste Lemire & 1 more
Wormhout · 9 miAlbert Plécy & 1 moreQuestions about famous people from Eecke
Who counts as from Eecke?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Eecke itself, matched by its INSEE code (a commune merged into it counts when the dates allow), whose French Wikipedia article agrees, and their English article too when they have one. A hospital or neighbourhood recorded without its commune isn’t matched. People who only lived here, adult performers and people known mainly for crimes aren’t listed.
Why is someone missing?
Their Wikidata birthplace may be a hospital, a neighbourhood or a wider area, another commune, or missing, or their articles may not name a birthplace. We only list people the sources agree on; editing Wikidata or Wikipedia changes this page at the next refresh.
From Wikidata (CC0: birthplaces, descriptions, years, occupations, how many Wikipedia and sister-site articles cover each person) and French and English Wikipedia (each person’s articles confirm the birthplace; linked, not quoted). Birthplaces are matched to the commune by INSEE code and its history of mergers (INSEE COG 2026). Ranked by the number of articles. Fields are read from Wikidata’s description and occupations. “The usual town”: everyone listed across French towns. Portraits: each person’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the license below (our copy, resized).
Photo credits (5)
- Albert Vanhoye: w:fr:Utilisateur:jmsaus, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Bruno Dumont: Elena Ternovaja, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Henri Delassus: Titsarosal, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Gustave Pattein: Louis Piccolati, photographe lillois, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Albert Plécy: Unknown photographer, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
Contains public sector information under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab): INSEE, DGFiP, the Interior Ministry’s statistics service (SSMSI), the Ministry of Education (DEPP), the Health Ministry’s statistics service (DREES) and the Housing Ministry (Carte des loyers). Commune boundaries: IGN Admin Express.